Reigning Entertainer of the Year and Artist of the Decade George Strait will debut new music live during the broadcast, and Reba McEntire will perform an the ACM Awards stage for the first time in five years. McEntire is set to release a new album, Love Somebody, on April 14.

This year's performers are also nominees. Lambert leads the awards with eight nominations — Bentley follows with seven — and Florida Georgia Line received five nods. Bryan, Chesney and Church each earned four nominations, Aldean scored three and Shelton received two. Urban earned a nomination in the Video of the Year category, and Brooks is up for Entertainer of the Year.

Shelton and Bryan will return again this year to co-host the ACM Awards, which will air live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, April 19 at 8PM on CBS.